Chapter 3: Did he go and sleep with someone else's younger brother?
"Afan, I've prepared some clean clothes for you. Would you like to change into them first?"
Ming Yazhi's voice grew softer and softer as she spoke, a smug glint in her eyes when she saw the hickeys on Zhu Fan's neck.
Everything was going according to her plan.
The Zhu family has a strict, conservative, and traditional family style. From a young age, Zhu Fan was raised by his grandmother to be the heir to the Zhu Group, and in his nineteen years of life, he has never done anything out of line.
Ming Yazhi scoffed inwardly. This high-and-mighty young lady was never short of handsome men pursuing her, yet she only had eyes for Fang Qibai.
He was willing to make such a huge sacrifice for Fang Qibai.
She admitted that Fang Qibai was very outstanding, with good looks and a good family background, not to mention that the Fang family's political and business status in Kyoto was unshakable.
It's just a pity that he was the eldest son of the Fang family who was least favored by his father.
Thinking of Fang Qibai, Fang Qizhou's face involuntarily appeared in her mind. Just thinking of that person sent a chill down her spine.
Fang Qizhou was brought back to the Fang family at the age of eight to be recognized as a member of the clan. Everyone thought that an illegitimate son could not cause any trouble. But later, the illegitimate son had more say than the eldest son, was more favored by Fang's father, and was even Fang's father's handpicked heir to the group.
Thinking about the rumors about Fang Qizhou and the things he had done in the past, Ming Yazhi couldn't help but tremble.
This person is a complete madman.
Zhu Fan has provoked such a person; endless trouble awaits her in the future.
Ming Yazhi didn't reveal any of her thoughts on her face. She reached out and pulled the curtain separating the driver's seat from the front seat, reminding Zhu Fan to change her clothes.
The car drove smoothly, the air conditioning was just right, and the soft seats were extremely comfortable. Zhu Fan's eyelids were almost too heavy to keep open.
Hearing Ming Yazhi's reminder, she struggled to open her eyes and reach for the dress in the paper bag. The soft fabric unfurled in her hands, and the white pleated skirt spread out.
She glanced at the length of the skirt, then, thinking of the bruises on her knees from kneeling, put the skirt back into her pocket.
Ming Ya Zhi pouted: "A Fan, do you not like the clothes I prepared for you?"
"I specially prepared it according to your preferred style."
“We don’t have any other clothes in the car, and we’re running out of time. If Aunt Yin and Uncle Yin see you looking disheveled when we get to your house, they’ll be very angry,” Ming Yazhi emphasized the words “disheveled,” “and they might even blame me for not taking good care of you.”
Zhu Fan lifted her eyelids and looked at Ming Yazhi, who had been talking non-stop since she got in the car, her words all for her own good. "Ming Yazhi."
Even though Zhu Fan's name wasn't called out loudly, his voice was low and hoarse, which made Ming Yazhi panic. She quickly sat up straight, "Wh...what's wrong?"
"Afan, you never call me by my full name. Did I do something to upset you?"
Seeing the girl's eyes instantly well up with tears, Zhu Fan was stunned for a moment. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a silk scarf in her pocket, picked it up, and wrapped it around her neck to cover the hickeys.
Would this be better?
Ming Yazhi nodded and smiled, "It's just that your clothes are all wrinkled, it's too unfair to make you wear this."
Zhu Fan interrupted Ming Yazhi, who was about to say something, "I'm going to sleep for a while. Wake me up when we get there."
Ming Yazhi glanced at Zhu Fan, who seemed to be asleep, and couldn't help but smile.
Zhu Fan was very sleepy, but the thoughts in her mind never stopped.
Who would have thought that one day I would actually be transported into a novel?
A friend had recommended this novel to her, saying that a supporting character had the exact same name as her. The friend advised her to read it word for word, just in case she transmigrated into the book and couldn't survive until the end.
Such jokes are best taken with a grain of salt.
She added the book to her bookshelf and even skimmed through a few chapters. But when she realized it wasn't quite to her taste, she went to read the comments section.
The comments section is full of spoilers. Towards the end, almost every chapter is about how the male and female leads are being sweet and cooking together, culminating in a happy ending for their family of four. Meanwhile, the villain who appears the most in the book and exists to drive the plot—Fang Qizhou—commits suicide by jumping off a building in a mental hospital.
Zhu Fan has a habit when reading novels: he likes to skim through them, without thinking about the plot at all. Most of the time, he can forget what he reads the second after finishing it.
At this moment, all she could do was shed tears of regret.
She should read it word for word.
I wonder how my grandma is doing now...
Zhu Fan suppressed his emotions.
The old lady must be very strong, and their farewell was predetermined from the beginning.
To distract herself from constantly thinking about her grandmother, Zhu Fan began to analyze her current situation.
When she transmigrated last night, the original owner's memories had not disappeared.
The original owner always relied on and trusted Ming Ya Zhi, but whether Ming Ya Zhi considered the original owner a friend is another matter.
Zhu Fan realized that the drink Ming Yazhi gave the original owner last night to embolden her was strange.
The original owner's plan to sacrifice herself to save people was also Ming Yazhi's idea.
When Zhu Fan thought of Fang Qibai, the male protagonist of this novel, an elegant and handsome face appeared in her mind.
Fang Qibai comes from an extremely wealthy family and has excelled academically since childhood, winning numerous awards in competitions. From his family background and personality to his appearance, he is impeccable! He is the ideal child in the eyes of countless parents.
This person, envied by countless people and born into a position that most people can never reach in their lifetime, spent the first half of his life obsessed with nothing more than his father's and mother's approval and a little bit of love.
Mr. Fang and Ms. Fang were married.
Because of this arranged marriage, Fang's father was forced to separate from his beloved for eight years.
Fang's father loathed this marriage bound by mutual interests, and he also loathed Fang Qibai, the son who should never have been born.
When he was eight years old, Fang's father brought his beloved Bai Yueguang and his illegitimate son back to the Fang family.
By then, Mr. Fang had already firmly grasped the real power of the group and no longer needed to worry about anyone or anything.
Fang Qibai's mother threatened suicide to force him to sign the divorce agreement.
This marriage, which was maintained on the surface and kept up with the last vestiges of dignity, ended in a deadly situation when Fang Qibai's mother was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.
Fang Qibai's maternal grandfather died in a car accident on his way to the hospital to see his daughter.
Before Fang Qibai turned twenty-two, he was always used by his mother as a bargaining chip to win her favor.
In contrast, Fang Qizhou, the illegitimate son who was recognized by his ancestors, only spent eight years of hardship with his mother.
Even so, he grew up surrounded by his mother's love during those eight years.
To make up for his lost love and his youngest son who had been living away from home, Fang's father devoted all his time, energy, money, and love to the two of them.
Fang Qizhou, a child who grew up surrounded by overflowing love, ended up jumping off a building in a mental hospital to end his life.
Zhu Fan hugged her knees, rested her chin on her hand, and shook her head. She was thinking too far ahead.
She won't live to see that time.
The feud between Fang Qibai and Fang Qizhou was only used as cannon fodder to advance a small part of the plot. Now that the real heiress has returned, the subsequent plot has little to do with her, a cannon fodder who can only live for 99 days, right?
99 days, could you be any more generous?
Zhu Fan chirped in her heart.
After finishing the cricket-keeping activity, he comforted himself, "Okay, 99 days is more than 99 hours."
People should know how to be content and satisfied.
In her memory, the original owner of this body offered herself willingly. The incident was triggered by Fang Qibai punching Fang Qizhou. It wasn't that Fang Qizhou was fragile or that he was hit very hard, but rather that Fang Qibai had the geographical advantage when the two clashed that day.
Fang Qizhou was punched down the steps by Fang Qibai.
This became a major hot topic during the first week of the new semester at Peking University.
The video of Fang Qibai assaulting someone spread rapidly and widely within ten minutes. Not only did every student at Peking University have a copy, but students at the neighboring Xida University, not wanting to miss out on the excitement, also started a new round of dissemination.
As the matter escalated, top-tier universities in China found themselves embroiled in a public opinion storm.
The video and its popularity were eventually suppressed, but that was three hours after the incident.
Fang Qizhou himself is not seriously injured, but the matter on his behalf is a big deal.
At that time, no one expected that Fang Qibai, as the college's representative, would have a conflict with his younger brother at the opening ceremony.
When Fang's father found out about this, he had always unconditionally favored Fang Qizhou, not to mention that this time the one at fault was his eldest son.
Feeling sorry for his youngest son who had been beaten and humiliated, Fang's father threw Fang Qibai's hair into the ancestral hall of the old house. He left a message saying that Fang Qizhou could only return to the old house when he forgave his elder brother.
This was the fourth day that Fang Qibai had been kneeling in the ancestral hall of the Fang family's old residence.
Zhu Fan opened his eyes while leaning against the car window.
A honey trap is only a honey trap if it works.
Original owner, you should use your brain for once.
You like Fang Qibai, yet you go and sleep with his younger brother.
If Fang Qizhou could be swayed by a woman's words, then he wouldn't be the madman everyone fears and keeps silent.
The combined intelligence of Ming Yazhi and the original owner of this body can be estimated at 250, no more.
The car came to a stop in front of the Zhu family villa.
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